Simile

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Simile

• Uses like or as to make a direct comparison
  between unlike things

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Willow and Ginkgo Poem

• Page 740
• Three readers

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Willow and Ginkgo

• Examples of Simile
• The willows branches are like silken thread
  (line 11).
• The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull (line
  10).

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Willow and Ginkgo Assignment

• Find and copy five more examples of similes in
  the poem Willow and Ginkgo on page 740 of your
  Literature book. (5 points)
• Write a poem containing at least five similes (5
  points)
• Your draft is due Monday, March 23rd

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Metaphor

• Compares unlike things without using the words
  like or as

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Fame is a Bee Poem

• Page 741
• One reader

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Fame is a Bee Assignment

• Write the metaphor that is being used in the poem
  Fame is a Bee on page 741 of your Literature
  book. (2 points)
• Write a short poem containing at least five
  metaphors. (8 points)
• Your draft is due Monday, March 23rd

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Personification

• Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman
  subject.
• Animating an inanimate object

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April Rain Song Poem

• Page 742
• Two readers

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April Rain Song Assignment

• List five examples of Personification in the Poem
  April Rain Song on page 742 of your Literature
  book (5 points).
• Write five examples of personification of your
  own. (5 points)
• Your draft is due Monday, March 23rd

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Literature Books

• Page 740 Willow and Ginkgo
• Simile
• Page 741 Fame is a Bee
• Metaphor
• Page 742 April Rain Song
• Personification